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An Invitation to Deep Discipleship
Deepen your church’s discipleship with a Christ-centered program rooted in Scripture, doctrine, and spiritual practices. Discover Deep Discipleship.
May 19, 2025
A Vision of Deep Discipleship for Every Church
Discover a God-centered vision for discipleship that calls the church to deeper engagement with Scripture, doctrine, and the glory of God through Christ.
May 18, 2025
How Writing Impacts the Kingdom
The person you impact through your writing may very well be the next person God has in mind to do His kingdom work.
March 31, 2025
Answering the Call to Make a Disciple
This article is about discipleship from Lifeway's Adult Groups Bible Study team.
February 20, 2025
Making Groups Work: The Key to Congregational Transformation
Many times, pastors want groups that just work. We get into the most trouble when we treat groups, and even people, as a science.
February 23, 2024
Four Ways to Deal with Elephants in the Room
Even in the Bible there was conflict and today’s small groups continue the tradition. When we can’t see eye-to-eye, it may be time to have a heart-to-heart.
January 26, 2023
- Darren Wiedman
Why We Didn't Like Your Small Group
Even though my wife and I typically chose large churches, we didn’t have many options when choosing a small group. But we did audition enough of them to have a few opinions about what some did wrong.
January 25, 2023
- Darren Wiedman
2 Ways to Craft Great Discussion Questions
Developing good question sets may be the hardest action taken on by a Bible study leader. Question sets are designed to move people through the learning process.
July 22, 2022
Are You Using Effective Icebreakers to Start Conversations?
We want discussion in our group, but the right question at the right time makes all the difference! In depth questions are important, but they come after the passage has been studied and the interaction among the group members is comfortable.
September 22, 2021
- Lynn H. Pryor
Plan for Spontaneity When Leading a Bible Study
Planning and relying on the Spirit should go hand-in-hand for Bible study. preparation Creating plans without a reliance on the Spirit’s leadership or simply waiting for the Spirit to lead at the critical moment are both presumptuous.
June 23, 2021
- Lynn H. Pryor
